Contains 2516 photos
View looking north from Sutro Heights to Sutro Baths, Point Lobos, and Marin coast in distance. Louis' Restaurant at right. (Exterior signage reading 'Sutro's' and presence of Sky Tram ride date this to 1955-1957.)
Sutro Heights
View north on 3rd Street from Mission, Call Building and Mutual Savings Bank in the background. [16879. Majestic sky-scrapers, the pride of San Francisco just before the Earthquake]
South of Market
Golden Gate Park. View north across Main Drive (now JFK Drive) towards the Conservatory of Flowers. (Hand-tinted photo). [3724 Golden Gate Park. San Francisco, Cal.]]
Golden Gate Park
View southeast from the sidewalk on Market Street toward the Call Building at 3rd and Market, Chronicle Building, Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building, and Bancroft History Building(Built 1887, Ayres' Business College, Whitaker & Ray Book Sellers) are visible. Billboard for Goodwin & Elliott at the Columbia Theatre (they played there in 1900 and 1902). Stanford (photo) Studio, 725 Market; Johnson's Creamerie, 725 Market; Spreckels Market, 729 Market; Goldstein & Co. theatrical supplies, 733 Market; Hofmann & Woenne butchers, Montgomery Market, 735 Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Two women posed on pedestrian bridge over the Embarcadero, looking towards the Ferry Building. [Elaine and Laura Bridge Ferry Building]
Financial District
Elevated view west from the Crossley Building at Mission and New Montgomery, Palace Hotel at right, Call Building, and Humboldt Bank in the distance.
Financial District
Elevated view south toward 3rd and Market Streets, past 'Newspaper Corner,' taken from a rooftop near Geary and Kearny. From left: Chronicle Building, Examiner Building, and Call (Spreckels) Building. Monaco Photography Studio signage on side of Flannery Building. [The Chronicle, Examiner Call Buildings W.C. Billington Photo]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, elevated view southeast showing the fire South of Market, burning buildings on 5th Street near Mission. US Mint at left. Crowd of people standing in Mint Street at bottom. [70. SF Mint. Apr. 18/06. copyright Whigham Photo]
South of Market
Elevated view east on Market from Ellis and Stockton Streets, showing downtown reconstruction projects after 1906 Earthquake. Phelan Building under construction at left, Mutual Savings Bank and Chronicle annex beyond. Call Building, Call Building Annex, Kamm Building in the background at center, Monadnock Building, Metropolis Trust & Savings Bank Building (under construction, completed early 1908) beyond. Royal Shoes, Old Crow Saloon (T.M. Ferguson Co.), large signs for 'Future Home of Kragens, The Workingman's Store" and Sorensen Co. Jewelers & Opticians. [Market St.]
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Market from Mason, Native Sons Admission Day Monument by Douglas Tilden at its original location. Mechanics Savings Bank Building as Bank of Italy. Flood Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank Building with 1915 sign, Emporium, Lincoln Building with large electric sign on roof, Hale Bros. Department Store (1912, Reid Brothers Architect). Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) 7-line streetcar in distance.
Tenderloin
Street portrait with St. Francis Hotel in the background. (Fisheye lens)
Downtown / Union Square
Street portrait of blind man in wheelchair in front of Casual Corner. (Taken with fisheye lens)
Downtown / Union Square
Street portrait of couple kissing on bench (Fisheye lens)
Downtown / Union Square
Detail of statue on Masonic Building, 100 Van Ness in background
Civic Center
Golden Gate Park. Snow in Children's Playground, Sharon Building in ruins post fire, and carousel dusted with snow. Floodlight towers for Kezar Stadium in distance.
Golden Gate Park